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Expanding the Rocscience Software Ecosystem with New ShapeMetriX Integrations

Bringing high-resolution 3D data directly into underground excavation and rockfall analysisModern geotechnical projects increasingly rely on detailed field data to understand complex rock conditions....

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Soil nails replace temporary barriers at Dinah's Hollow landslip route

A long-running slope stability problem on the C13 at Dinah's Hollow in Dorset has reached the halfway point of a year-long remediation programme. The road, located near Shaftesbury between Melbury Abb...

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Layered seabed geology changes how subsea cables should be protected

The weakest part of a subsea cable route is not always the cable itself. Often, it is the ground model used to decide where and how the cable should be buried.New research by the British Geological Su...

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Norwegian tunnelling methods could reshape the Peak District tunnel case

A new proposal has revived the long-running idea of a road tunnel beneath the Peak District, aiming to improve journeys between Manchester and Sheffield while reducing heavy traffic through the nation...

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Second giant TBM begins work on India’s first undersea rail tunnel

A second large-diameter tunnel boring machine has started excavation on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project, advancing one of the most technically demanding parts of India’s first bullet trai...

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Inside the Levee Digital Twin: A Guided Walkthrough of California's Newest Flood Infrastructure Monitoring Tool

When the Levee Digital Twin Platform launched for California's Yuba River Corridor earlier this year, it introduced engineers and asset managers to a browser-based, continuously updated model of two c...

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PLAXIS 2D PM4Sand analysis cuts predicted liquefiable layer thickness by up to 81% versus simplified methods

A comparison of three liquefaction assessment methods for an offshore wind site has found that a fully coupled PLAXIS 2D dynamic analysis using the PM4Sand constitutive model predicted a critical liqu...

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Soil and borehole logging: the steps are solved, the handoffs are not

Consider the asymmetry at the heart of ground engineering. Site investigation typically accounts for 0.2% to 1.5% of a project's total cost, yet the US National Research Council has observed that unfo...

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How to Specify Helical Piles: A Practical Guide for Engineers

Helical piles and anchors are widely used in foundation construction due to their efficiency, versatility, and performance. However, specifying them correctly is critical to ensuring both structural r...

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Enable true ground-informed design in Civil 3D

Our understanding of ground conditions evolves with the project, so geotechnical design teams need a reliable way to work with the latest information.  Seequent’s OpenGround Civil 3D Extension creates...

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Cowi employs drones for dam surveys in Zambia

The company is using the drones for topographical measurements regarding the construction of 100 dams in the African country. The construction project is financed by the World Bank and the African...

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Levels of Analysis Used in Retaining Wall Design

The analysis of retaining structures is commonly approached in three progressively more advanced levels, depending on the complexity of the wall system, the ground conditions, and the need to predict...

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Pore Pressure and Retaining Wall Drainage

The Critical Role of Groundwater Water is the single most destructive element in retaining wall stability analysis. While designers account for the dry unit weight (γd) or saturated unit weight (γsa...

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Tutorial of finding the required depth of embedment of a sheet pile retaining wall using the global factor of safety and the Eurocode 7 approach

A cantilever sheet pile wall supporting a 3.5 m deep excavation in dry sand (γdry = 15.3 kN/m³, φ′ = 35°, c′ = 0) is to be constructed. Determine the required depth of embedment.     1. By using the...

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Sheet Pile Wall Design

A sheet pile wall is a line of interlocking thin wall elements driven into the ground to form a continuous barrier that can retain soil and/or water. Stability comes from penetration below the exc...

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Tutorial Exercise

Design for a cantilever retaining wall supporting 3.0 m of dry sand backfill. The wall has a 3.20 m base (1.00 m toe, 1.90 m heel), a 0.30 m thick stem, and a 0.45 m thick footing; concrete unit wei...

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Geotechnical Stability Analysis of Retaining Walls

The geotechnical stability of a retaining structure is assessed using limit equilibrium methods, which determine the ratio of available resisting forces/moments to the driving forces/moments. This ra...

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Lateral Earth Pressure States and Coefficients

Introduction to Lateral Earth Pressure Soil, unlike a true fluid, exhibits both density and internal friction (φ) and cohesion (c). Consequently, the pressure it exerts horizontally on a retaining s...

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Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

This fully updated second edition provides an introduction to geotechnical earthquake engineering for first-year graduate students in geotechnical or earthquake engineering graduate programs with a l...

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2024 Geotechnical Business Directory

This unique annual business directory is published by GeoWorld, the professional network for geotechnical engineers, which currently includes 37,000+ professionals and 1,000+ companies and organizatio...

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2025 Special Edition USA & Canada Geotechnical Business Directory

This unique annual business directory is published by GeoWorld, the professional network for geotechnical engineers, which currently includes 40,500+ professionals and 1,100+ companies and organizatio...